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Interpreted First Aid Courses from St. John Ambulance

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Interpreted First Aid Courses from St. John Ambulance

6/25/21  

INTERPRETED FIRST AID COURSES FROM ST. JOHN AMBULANCE!!  

This is exciting news as the interpreters are paid for!  

August 12, 2021 from 8:30AM – 5:30PM @ SJA Vancouver Branch – 6111 Cambie St. Vancouver, BC.    

September 20, 2021 from 8:00AM – 5:00PM @ SJA Kamloops Branch – 627 Victoria St. Kamloops, BC.    

November 15, 2021 from 8:30AM – 5:30PM @ SJA Vancouver Branch – 6111 Cambie St. Vancouver, BC.    

The Emergency First Aid – Community Care course is a 9 hour class with 2 x 15 minute breaks and 1 x 30  minute lunch, for a total of 8 hours of in class instruction.  

Your cost will be $100 plus $14.55 for the SJA mask totals $114.55 for your course.  Please register by contacting Alex at alex.burry@sja.ca or Teresa at vancouver@sja.ca for your  course, both Kamloops and Vancouver. Register by July 5 to ensure a spot for you as the class will open  to hearing after July 5.  

Gordon J. Rattray  

Treasurer  

gordon@ovad.ca

Job Opportunity: American Sign Language (ASL) Specialist

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Job Opportunity: American Sign Language (ASL) Specialist

American Sign Language Specialist – Contract Position

American Sign Language (ASL) Specialist – Contract Position
The focus of the Provincial Outreach Program Deaf and Hard of Hearing (POPDHH) is to collaborate with school districts in meeting the needs of all Deaf and Hard of Hearing learners.

Through collaborative consultation POPDHH supports educational teams in addressing the unique communication and learning styles of individual Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. To reach every
student’s potential, POPDHH promotes goals of and develops programs to increase language development, literacy, numeracy, cognitive development, self-advocacy, and self-confidence in
becoming responsible, global citizens.

For more information: American Sign Language Specialist

Accessibility Standards Webinar Series – July 6

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Accessibility Standards Webinar Series – July 6

The third and final of accessibility standards webinars, the CAD-ASC welcomes a panel of guest speakers to discuss how the built-in work environment presents solutions and barriers for the Deaf and Deafblind communities in Canada.

Workplace Accessibility Grant

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Grant to support inclusive employment led by Small Business BC and Presidents Group

Just announced in a Social Development and Poverty Reduction press release: Employers in BC are receiving support to create inclusive work environments for people with disabilities through a $4.8-million grant from the Province.

Over the next two years, Small Business BC will work with the Presidents Group on the Employer Supports for Persons with Disabilities project. 

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Congratulations Yat Li

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GVAD would like offer our congratulations to Yat Li on joining Presidents Group!

Yat Li is excited to join Presidents Group as the new Senior Accessibility Consultant!

Yat was born with bilateral microtia, a congenital condition in which the outer ears are underdeveloped. Yat cannot wear conventional hearing aids and has profound bilateral conductive hearing loss. Despite a physical disability, he has overcome barriers

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Job Opportunity: ASL Consultant and Deaf Role Model.

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BC FAMILY HEARING RESOURCE SOCIETY

American Sign Language (ASL) Consultant and Deaf Role Model

Permanent part time; .6 FTE, required as soon as possible

Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Work Site: BC Family Hearing Resource Society

Join a dynamic, dedicated, and supportive team of professionals.
A recent accreditation survey noted the following strengths about our organization: “Teamwork and dedication to service

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Live Discussion of Bill 6 TODAY at 1:30PM (June 2)

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Let you know that Committee debate on the Accessible BC Act will start this afternoon. LIVE at 1:30pm today (June 2).
You can watch the debate at:  Legislative Broadcasting and Webcasting https://www.leg.bc.ca/documents-data/broadcasts-and-webcasts

MLA Follow-Up Letter Email Template

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We STRONGLY encourage you to tell your MLA to support proposed amendments (see screenshots).
Find your MLA by Postal Code at https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members
Email template at https://bit.ly/3w5v1pT and please cc in your email: bcdeafaccessibility@gmail.com

Bill 6-2021 Proposed Amendments

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Goosebumps…
ORIGINAL Bill 6 -2021 Accessible BC Act
Recognition of sign languages
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (see screenshots)
Recognition of the Deaf Community
We STRONGLY encourage you to tell your MLA to support proposed amendments.
Find your MLA by Postal Code at https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members

**URGENT** BC Deaf Accessibility: MLA Tool Kit

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Very Important! Watch vlog from Forrest Smith, GVAD President.
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/oaIgmO2Dq3Q

Must do Action right now.

1. See attachment: “Deaf BC Action Tool Kit”
2. Please email your MLA.  Good news, to save your time, you can easily copy and paste from our documents.
3. Can also Tweet or tag on Facebook or Instagram.
Do it Now, today!
3 attachments via Google Drive
1 – “Deaf BC Action Tool Kit”.
2 – C. BCDAC Key Recommendations – 1 page
3 – DeafABCA png (to share on social media)
Special thanks to the team who edited and compiled this Kit:
Leanor Vlug, Lindsay Carroll, Cecilia Tung, Julie Lampitt, & Tara Hartley
Thank you,
BC Deaf Accessibility Caucus Working Group Team

Speech Language Pathologist Opportunity – SD 5

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Posting: E20/21-007 Description: Speech Language Pathologist
Start Date: 03-May-2021 or when filled End Date: 31-Oct-2022
Date of Notice: 26-Feb-2021 Closing Date: 31-May-2021 12:00 or when filled

Job Opportunity: Education Assistant DHH – SD 45

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POSTED: April 15, 2021 CLOSING DATE: 1:00pm, April 22, 2021 COMPETITION # SS-2020-148

EDUCATION ASSISTANT – DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING

Temporary Assignment West Vancouver Secondary School Effective Immediately to June 30, 2021 27.5 hours per week Salary starts at $26.74/hr at Step 1, plus 12% in lieu of benefits

45-PB-Job Ad-Education Assistant DHH – April 2021

CHAIR YOGA in ASL- starting in May

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Movement is medicine. We must keep our bodies moving. Chair Yoga is
movement for the WHOLE body but most important, the SPINE. A flexible
spine keeps us youthful, healthy and helps to maintain good posture;
especially as we age. Chair Yoga is a great and gentle way (and
sometimes challenging, too) to improve both muscle strength and overall
flexibility. Leonarda will also teach Breathing techniques to help calm the
mind; especially during COVID times. Class taught in ASL.
4 Sundays
Dates: May 23, 30, June 6, &13, 2021
Time: 11:00 am to 12 noon PST
Where: in your home on Zoom
Cost: $ 65 CDN for all 4 classes ($16.25 CDN per class)
Includes one 30 min REPLAY at the end of the 4 weeks.
Drop in: $20 CDN
Minimum of 5 peeps for class to go ahead.
Register here (use the pay-what-you-can button and enter $65):

Yoga Classes

Can’t afford?
Scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds
For more info, email: Leonarda@yogapah.com

POPDHH – ASL interpreter contract position available

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POPDHH has an opening for an ASL interpreter on contract, to start immediately and until the end of June 2021. Terms are highly negotiable. This position has the ability to turn into a permanent position in the fall, as well as an opportunity to grow into an Educational Consultant Interpreter. Experience with interpreting in educational settings is a strong asset, as well as willingness to travel to other communities.
If you are interested, please contact office@popdhh.ca or terry@popdhh.ca for further details.

ASL intepreter – contract posting

Video Relay Service Town Hall – May 7

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Transcript of the vlog:

Hello everyone all across Canada…. I’ m Kimberly Wood. (Kim) Guess what???? Three former committee from BCVRS back for  this purpose,  so here I am representing here as BCVRS committee role. There is three of us who are former BCVRS Committee  who is stepping up again volunteering our time to ensure we all get right information and making sure that many of you are aware that CRTC is currently having SRV Canada VRS Review which has the deadline for June 9th.
What is the purpose of the VRS Review? It is for CRTC to see what needs to be improved or any changes are needed to be made. This is our opportunity to send in our Review both as committee, organizations, and individuals like you and me! CRTC has 14 Review questions that is related to our VRS service. This is our opportunity to let them know why we want to see new improvements or changes. It’s important for us all to tell them our grievances, complaints, and at the same time make suggestions or ideas for those new changes or improvements to happen! Examples are:
– trying to understand the interpreter via VRS — not clear, poor attire, bad attitude, etc.
– interpreter not understanding you or not knowing specific languages to use, you become frustrated
– waiting patiently in queue for the next interpreter then got cut off — become frustrated
– trying to use the app on phone / computer but it won’t work
– callers hanging up on you because they won’t accept doing business through third-party
The SRV Canada VRS 9050 is for customer services that is for inside information for SRV Canada VRS only. It becomes only internal issues for them, not CRTC. So The CRTC Review on VRS is important! Totally Different Roles between 9050 and CRTC Review.
We will have special zoom meeting coming up on May 7 th from 6 pm to 7:30 pm
( B.C. time) with more information and how to file those review submissions online both in English and ASL. We also will have several dates where you can sign up and come in and we will have a team of volunteers across Canada to help with your filing will be announced at that night and flyers and more vlogs will be coming up in next few weeks and after May 7 th.  Everyone is welcome all across Canada to join.
Thank you very much see you all on May 7th!
This flyer is for deafblind and the public. I will be sending a video related to this on wetransfer so u can upload it to deaf bc.
If any problems please feel free to contact me.
Thank you
Kim
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